Table 1 Strains used, their geographic location of origin or mutation and relevant notes*
From: Heritable determinants of male fertilization success in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Type | Strain | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Wild Isolates | AB1 | Adelaide, Australia | no plug, 'large-sperm' category |
| Â | CB4855 | Stanford, USA | plug, 'large-sperm' category |
| Â | CB4856 | Hawaii, USA | plug, 'large-sperm' category |
| Â | DR1350 | Pasadena, USA | plug, 'small-sperm' category |
| Â | JU440 | France | no plug, 'small-sperm' category |
| Â | MY2 | Germany | no plug, 'small-sperm' category |
Experimental Mutants | JK574 | fog-2(q71) mutation in an N2 genetic background | Populations 50% male + 50% "female" |
| Â | PD4790 | contains transgene mls12 [myo-2::GFP, pes-10::GFP, F22B7.9::GFP] in an N2 genetic background | N2 background with pharyngeal GFP marker, no plug, 'small-sperm' category |